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 Whole Duty of Man.Whom the Gods Love Die Young [Herodotos]. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Whole Gale (A).
 
A very heavy wind. The three degrees are a fresh gale, a strong gale, and a heavy or whole gale.   1
 


 Whole Duty of Man.Whom the Gods Love Die Young [Herodotos]. 

 
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